Water-bag and syringe.



W. J. BUTLER. WA'TERBAG AND SYRINGE. APPLICATION FILED lULYlO 1912.-

1,177,759. Patented A r, 4,1916.

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w JOSEPH BUTLER, or srniuerrnnn, rumors.

WATER-BAG AND SYRIN'GE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed July 10, 1912. Serial No. 708,687.

as a hot water bag or a syringe as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a syringe adapted to be operated by the foot of the user, whereby more pressure to increase the force of the outfiowing water may be obtained, than is now obtained with the type of syringe which is ordinarily suspended from a wall or similar support.

By reason of the fact that the device is foot operated, the further object that the force of the outflow water may be regulated or varied, is attained.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists of such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the bag illustrating the tubing in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the insert plug, and, Fig. 4: is a view of the modification partly in section and partly in elevation.

Referring to the drawings, the water holding bag comprises essentially an upper side or wall 1, a lower side or wall 2, and a reinforced tread portion or plate 3. The wall 1 and tread 3 are preferably arranged at an angle to the wall 2 to facilitate engagement by the foot of the operator. The bag proper comprising principally the sides 1 and 2, is made of suitable flexible material such as rubber or the like. The tread portion or plate 3 is secured or cemented in any suitable manner to the wall 1 and is preferably of hardened rubber. At one end of the bag is provided a flared mouth 4 in which is provided a suitable insert member 5, secure in any suitable manner and having a central opening provided with screw threads. r

The screw-threaded opening is engaged by the screw-threads of a short metal pipe 6 which is suitably threaded to engage the threads of the opening of the member 5, and which has a collar or shoulder 7 to prohibit the pipe from entering too far into the syringe. and provided with a reduced nipple portion 8 over which is stretched the end of a flexible tube 9 which isprovided at its free end with a nozzle 10.

At the end of the bag opposite the mouth -L is provided an eyelet 11 preferably formed in a rubber extension integral with the bag. By means of the eyelet 11 the bag may he stayed to a staple in a floor by means of tying the same thereto through the medium of a cord or the like. Also when the device is not in use it may be suitably hung on a nail or'the like on the wall.

The device described is operable as a syringe and is adapted to receive water or other liquid or solution through the mouth 4 when the pipe and tube is disengaged therefrom, which may be readily done by unscrewing the pipe 6 from the member 5 When the bag has been filled with the desired liquid, the pipe 6 and tube 7 are connected up and the nozzle held to the desired part, whereupon a foot of the operator en: gages'the tread 3 and depresses the same to any desired extent so as to force the water through the pipe 6, tube 9 and nozzle on to the desired part.

By means of operating the syringe with the foot practically as great pressure as is desired may be obtained and regulated or varied, due to the extent of the pressure exerted upon the tread 3 by the foot. The device illustrated may also serveas a hot water bag. When serving as such the pipe 6 should be removed from the member 5 and a: plug 12 provided with a screw-threaded shank 13, as shown in Fig. 3, should be inserted into the screw-threaded opening of the member 5 after the bag has been filled with the desired liquid...

' In Fig. 4c a modificationis shown of the device which acts as a foot operated syringe only,,and not as a hot water bag. This device has the walls 1 and 2' and plate 3,

as does the device of the other views. The flexible tube 9' in this instance is formed integral with the body of the bag. At the'end of the bag opposite'the tube 9, the bag has a flared mouth at suitably supporting a block 5 in which is threaded a removable plug 6, provided so that the same may be removed in order to permit a liquid to be poured through the exposed opening and into the bag.

It is clear that changes in the device may be made Within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Ina device of the character described a receptacle formed of flexible material hav- 

